09:12 AM EDT, 04/18/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were edging higher pre-bell Thursday as the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLF ) was up 0.2% recently.

The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares ( FAS ) was 0.2% higher and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares ( FAZ ) was down 0.3%.

Synovus Financial ( SNV ) was over 6% lower after the company reported a drop in adjusted earnings and revenue in Q1.

Marsh & McLennan ( MMC ) was up more than 2% after it reported higher Q1 adjusted earnings and revenue.

KeyCorp ( KEY ) was down a slight 0.1% after it reported lower Q1 earnings and revenue.